Why it’s not worth to upgrade (for me)

Uberprutser

I’m playing with an old laptop (u4600-i7) with an Ati 8700M video card.

Normally I use a computer with a nVidia video card using videopad version 10.16

Since that old version is not using the Ati chip, I tought I’ll test drive a newer version.

Version 16.19 is using the Ati chip, but its rather slow.

Here are a couple of quick export results using h.264/aac

Version 16.19 with default GPU that used the Ati chip – 3m.15s

Version 16.19 with the intel integrated chip – 2m.22s

Version 10.16 using the inter integrated chip – 2m.00s

The test project consisted of 4 smartphone clips put together in a 33 seconds video.

Before each test the videopad all cache files were removed.

All exports played fine, but the first test was 0.9 mb smaller

Note: I do not know if the updated x64 and acc programs played a big role.

I realize this is a very limited test. But I get the impression the Videopad only gets slower 🙁

borate

It might be enlightening to compare your findings. Share the project and we'll take a look. Just follow these steps closely...

Back up --- With your project on the timeline, click on MENU at the top-left. Click FILE|BACK UP PROJECT FILES TO FOLDER. Choose a folder and SELECT FOLDER.
Upload --- Use a free server - Google Drive, MS OneDrive, etc.* - to upload the saved, numbered FOLDER. Do NOT upload the individual VPJ or export file.
Get link --- Get a public link. Right-click the file and click SHARE. When using Google Drive, if necessary change "restricted" to "anyone with the link can view"
Share --- Click COPY LINK | DONE. Paste that link here, or click the folder at the top-right of this forum to message it privately to me. It won't be shared.

* Before uploading, right-click the folder, click PROPERTIES. Look at the File Size to confirm that it's not too big for the free space on the server.

Uberprutser

Sure, I'll share, for science and progress. But I got to warn you it's a shitty project, literally 🙂

And I wouldn't mind seeing some results from other computer. Give me a moment while I figure out how to use a Google drive.

My test procedure;

clear the videopad cache.
Start the stopwatch (I used the stopwatch feature from alarms&clocks in windows 10)
Open the project by double clicking the .vpj file
While the cache is creating, I export the project.
When finished, stop the time

A few more test times with version 10.16:

My desktop pc 1m.14s (i7-6700 with Nvidia GT740)
My laptop pc 1m27s (i7-3630qm with Nvidia 610m)

Here's the link to a Google drive with the videopad project. I hope I did everything right, it was my first time using Google drive 🙂

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pdPY1dqySgAcJNM__wN-tT9JamdRDexz?usp=drive_link

borate

Yes, that video is pure crap.😉 In version 16.19 (64), using an i7 with a 1060 GTX video card, it took 11 seconds to fully load, and plays seamlessly.

There is no sequence cache ribbon, which may be intentional with this single track project.

However, that release doesn't clean cache files manually, so you will have to do that via this directory... "C:\Users\<PC name>\AppData\Local\Temp"

That failing likely will be repaired shortly.

Uberprutser

I don't understand what mean with "no sequence cache ribbon", are you talking about the green progress bars in the timeline?

And it only took you 11 seconds to open and export the project? Or did you just generate cache files, and play it in videopad?

FYI: I always just delete the videopad cache folder using windows. Using Videopad is just too slow 🙂

borate

Yes, 11 seconds to load and PV play. The sequence ribbon is under the preview window, but likely isn't needed on this project.

With cache cleared, time elapsed to load and immediately export was about the same - 11 seconds.

Septic_test.mp4

Uberprutser

With a computer that quick, it would be difficult to notice a significant time difference using an older videopad version. But did you try version 10.16? And is it possible to use different versions on the same computer with reinstalling?

borate

About :50 from start to end of export in 10.16. Caching has certainly improved for some content.

Versions can be over-installed (no removal of previous release), but only one can be in residence.